Suburban’s Updated Travel EDC

As promised, this is my post about my expanded Travel EDC. It seems the more I travel, the more I think I need when on the road. I am finding there is a fine balance between having what you think you might need in an emergency, and just packing your whole Get Home Bag in my luggage and checking it at the airport. The contents of this are pretty personal to me, and cover most of the areas I would need when on the road. Items not represented, that I am sure many readers will notice such as a “container for water” are intentionally left out, as, these items add additional bulk when traveling are are readily available at the local drug store, convenient store, etc. For instance, one of the first things I will do after getting off the plane is to buy a couple bottles of water. This covers carrying water for a short period, gives me a container to purify it in, etc.

So, below is a picture of my Travel EDC to date with corresponding numbers in the list below outlining what and why…

Folding Knife (to be replaced with the Ridge Runner Assist Folding Rescue Knife because it has a glass break spike and seat belt cutter. I figure if I am on the road, this might come in handier in an emergency than the plain folding knife.

This is all in a plastic pouch that zips shut as it becomes a modular gear pouch that gets interchanged for hiking, my Get Home Bag that sits in my truck, and my luggage. Not pictured is also any MRE meals I may slip into my baggage as well.

Now that you see the contents, and when they are all in the plastic pouch, it weighs about four pounds. You wouldn’t think so by just looking at the contents, but it is. Add it to a few items in your backpack like your laptop, power supply, a couple 1 litre bottles of water, and some food and you are quickly at 10 – 15 lbs on your back just gear and consumables to get you where I am going.

I’ve actually thought about adding more of them to the kit… 5 seems like an okay number, however, if you needed to hold up several items and did not want to sacrifice paracord for the job, it might make sense to keep 10 or 15 of them bundled up…

All-in-all a very respectable travel kit. But what about other items such as cash, calling card, phone charger, maybe even another credit card, etc? Or do you just expect to keep these items with you in your wallet?

I am generally never without them when I travel. I have recently started carrying a larger sum of cash on me, and my backpack has all of that gear that never leaves it for more than a couple hours at a time to charge a phone, ipad, laptop, etc. I clearly take that stuff for granted, which is why I am sure I forgot to mention it. Thanks, however for the heads up… 🙂

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